Publications
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KIT Case Study: Pluralistic service systems
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KIT Case Study: Pluralistic service systems
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Comparison of two Gram stain point-of-care systems for urogenital gonorrhoea among high-risk patients
Diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness before and after changing the screening algorithm at an STI clinic in Amsterdam.
Objectives: To compare point-of-care (POC) systems in two different periods: (1) before 2010 when all high-risk patients were offered POC management for urogenital gonorrhoea by Gram stain examination; and (2) after 2010 when only those with symptoms were offered Gram stain examination.
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A pragmatic approach to measuring, monitoring and evaluating interventions.
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Farmers in the driver’s seat
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Mobile health: Connecting managers, service providers and clients in Bombali district, Sierra Leone
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Development of the Community Midwifery Education initiative and its influence on women’s health and empowerment in Afghanistan: a case study
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Utilizing small diameter logs from bio-composite products in Indonesia
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The need for institutional change in capacity development of tertiary agricultural education
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La gouvernance du foncier rural au Bénin
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Pathways of Justice and Equity in Land Administration and Dispute Resolution in Uganda
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Risk factors for poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Makassar, Indonesia.
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Mobile Health in Sierra Leone: Evidence and implications for health systems
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Public health and international health educational programmes for low- and middle-income countries: questioning their outcomes and impact
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Validation of public health competencies and impact variables for low- and middle-income countries
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Outcome and impact of Master of Public Health programs across six countries: education for change
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A common analytical framework on factors influencing performance of close-to-community providers.
Synthesis of the inter-country context analysis in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique
This report presents a synthesis of findings on factors influencing the performance of closeto-community (CTC) providers. It is based on research conducted in six countries: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique, and also on evidence from an international literature review that investigated factors influencing the performance of CTC providers. These studies were carried out as part of the first phase of the REACHOUT consortium — ‘Reaching out and linking in: health systems and close-tocommunity services’ — funded by the European Union. This report describes an analytical framework for examining the factors influencing the performance of CTC providers.
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International Literature Review. Close-to-Community Providers. An analysis of systematic reviews on effectiveness and a synthesis of studies including factors influencing performance of CTC
This literature review is part of the context analysis undertaken for REACHOUT — linking communities and health systems. REACHOUT is an ambitious five-year international research consortium funded by the European Commission and aims to generate knowledge to develop the role of close-to-community (CTC) providers of health care in preventing, diagnosing and treating major illnesses and health conditions in rural and urban areas in Africa and Asia.
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Youth friendly health services in multiple perspectives
concept note
Half of the world’s population is under 25 and 1.8 billion is between 10-25 years of age. Enabling young people to attain a good quality of life and health, and especially sexual and reproductive health, is of the utmost priority. Not only is it critical to young people themselves, it is also of vital important in terms of attaining broader development goals related to education, poverty alleviation and gender equity
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Situation Analysis. As input for the development of a costed National Plan of Action for Vulnerable Children.